Status International - Sale 394

Postal History: 1948-55 collection in 2 lighthouse slipcase albums on Vario pages with pre-cursor covers franked Anglo-US Zone Def Pics w/o BERLIN opts (6 covers/cards), then Berlin opts (80 on 33 covers) - SG cat £1000 as loose stamps alone. Then from 1949 inc Buildings to 5Mk, UPU (£250+), 1949 Goethe 20pf (3), & 30pf (3) singles & mixed frankings. Then appears comp 1950-55 inc ERP (3), Orchestra (4 ea £680), 1951 Lortzing (2, £140), Bells clapper left (16, £640+), Stamp Day inc FDC, Bells clapper right set, plus extras, 1952 Beethoven (5), Olympics FDC, Berliners set, 1953 Bells central clapper set, Church (3 sets inc FDC (£825+) etc to 1955. Mi cat €8400+ on cover, noted Berlin Airlift covers (2), & the FDC cat €2350 alone. Total SG cat £6165 = A$12,000 as loose stamps alone! Fantastic lot for specialist. (180). (P)
Estimate A$2500